Zelda Fitzgerald Quotes

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

Yeah, it's fun to be somebody you're not, to bring a character to life.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.

I write to be the characters that I am not.

I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

It's fun to be someone else.

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like I have to be myself. I feel like I have to be true to myself, but I don't have to show an exact picture of who I am.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

I've spent most of my life trying to wear a persona that didn't quite fit and when I started writing books, it was like finally becoming the right person.

When you sit at your desk, if you're lucky, there's a moment when you feel empowered to be someone or something else, to leap into another skin.

In every role, a part of me gets to come out.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.

I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.

Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.